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“Ammonite”–Two Women Shedding Their Shell

Written by Diana Paul on May 3, 2021. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on “Ammonite”–Two Women Shedding Their Shell

This highly original biopic of a little-known woman scientist highlights the obscurity in which women of renown nevertheless hid in plain sight. Ammonite, set in the coastal village of Lyme Regis, in 1840s England, chronicles the intense relationship between the acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter and paleontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) and a young affluent woman, Charlotte Murchison (Saoirse Ronan). Their friendship transforms both of their lives. Charlotte Murchison visits Mary Anning’s fossil shop with her dilettante husband, Roderick (James...

Lady Bird– A Girl’s Flight from Home

Written by diana on December 3, 2017. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on Lady Bird– A Girl’s Flight from Home

by Guest Blogger Bill Clark, photographer, mixed media artist, and fellow movie fiend “Lady Bird” should have another title. For those of us who remember LBJ’s wife, nicknamed Lady Bird, this title confuses a potential audience.] Greta Gerwig (first-time director and screenwriter,) takes us on the journey of seventeen-year-old Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson, brilliantly played by Saoirse Ronan (of Brooklyn fame; see my review of March 1, 2016 ) , as she navigates parent-child dynamics and the social complexities of her Catholic high school upbringing in Sacramento, California....

“Brooklyn” — New World vs. Old

Written by diana on March 1, 2016. Posted in movie reviews. 2 Comments on “Brooklyn” — New World vs. Old

“Brooklyn”, nominated for a 2016 Academy Award for best picture in a list of much more intensely themed dramas, is an easy movie to fall in love with. A classic boy-meets-girl coming-of-age movie, set in the early 50s and reminiscent of movies of that era. Two young immigrants meet in Brooklyn and fall in love, yet the young woman still yearns for the country and home she left behind. Based on Colm Toibin’s novel of the same title, “Brooklyn” conveys a specific historical time and worldview but the wounds and dilemmas are universal. Saoirse Ronan plays Ellis, a young Irish woman who has few...

Tag: Saoirse Ronan

“Ammonite”–Two Women Shedding Their Shell

Lady Bird– A Girl’s Flight from Home

“Brooklyn” — New World vs. Old

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